THE HIPPIE LIEUTENANT

One soldier’s unsparing vision of life and combat in the Vietnam War

Aug 31, 2023

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US troops of the 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division ford a river about 11 miles west of Chu Lai in South Vietnam in August 1971. / Photo via Getty Images.

My dispatch of last week about General Tony Taguba, Abu Ghraib prison, and the perils of telling the truth led to more responses than usual, including an extraordinary unpublished manuscript from reader…

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